Variety 3/6 – Lana Parrilla Talks 100th Episode Twists, Facing Hades

[MatthewPaul]

“Once Upon a Time” returned from its winter hiatus to celebrate a major milestone — the ABC drama has reached 100 episodes (and been renewed for Season 6), and it marked the occasion with an installment that brought back a number of familiar faces, from Emma’s (Jennifer Morrison) dearly departed ex Neal (Michael Raymond-James) to Giancarlo Esposito’s Magic Mirror.

While the hour saw our heroes embark on a quest through the Underworld in search of Hook (Colin O’Donoghue), it also shone a spotlight on Regina (Lana Parrilla), flashing back to her darker days as The Evil Queen and finally offering her some long overdue closure after she sacrificed her father Henry (Tony Perez) in order to enact the Dark Curse against Snow White (Ginnifer Goodwin) and her loved ones at the beginning of the series.

The episode showed Regina’s first meeting with her father since killing him, a scene that Parrilla admitted was “a very heartbreaking moment, because we’ve never really seen how the death of her father has affected her over the years. Regina’s yes, temperamental and yes, very fiery, but she’s also very private about her emotions … the stuff that really touches her deeply, her deepest wounds, I don’t think she articulates much, and she doesn’t share those feelings and thoughts. So when we see her see her father for the first time, we really feel this pain that she’s been living with for so many years. I remember reading this scene and I was bawling reading it because I always wanted that for her, I always wanted her to have that closure in her life. We also get to see her see her mother for the first time after her mother died in her arms – poor Regina, she’s had a lot of tragic experiences, but she gets to really make amends with her parents and it’s a beautiful thing to witness and a real gift to get to experience.”

Variety spoke to Parrilla about the 100th episode and what its developments mean for Regina and the rest of her family — especially in regards to new villain Hades (Greg Germann), who has a particularly strong desire to get her out of the Underworld, for reasons that remain a mystery.

Read more here: http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/once-upon-a-time-spoilers-100th-episode-hades-1201723954/

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